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On the blog: Five things I always enjoy about NCTE Normally I would have written a daily learning post to share what I was learning and wondering each day at NCTE, but my hotel didn’t have free WiFi, and I discovered that I am intermittently frugal. I didn’t mind paying $2.50 for a bag of…

On the blog: A slice in praise of the slow, contemplative vacation In reading: Sheets has been making the rounds in my Theory & Practice of Teaching Reading class, and I was glad to get my turn to see what the fuss was all about. It’s a good pick for middle school and high school…

On the blog: A slice about the coffee shop where I write on Tuesdays In reading: Jarrett Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo will certainly be one of my top ten favorite graphic novels this year. It revisits the territory of his popular TED Talk and develops the outline of his life that he shared there into a…

Mapping Manhattan is Becky Cooper’s love letter to New York City. Cooper hand printed simple maps of Manhattan, blank except for Broadway, Houston, and Central Park, and walked the length of Broadway to distribute them to her fellow New Yorkers and to invite them to fill in the maps with their memories, their Manhattan. In…

On the blog: A slice about my ever-growing TBR list In reading: I enjoyed The Art of Stillness, though I will say that there’s not a tremendous amount of content here. If you watch the TED Talk and listen to his (excellent) interview on Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations podcast, you’ve probably heard the key stories…

On the blog: Some thoughts about soft starts for our students and ourselves In reading: I have always loved the troublemakers best, because with Carla Shalaby, I believe they shine a light on what is unjust, unnecessary, and even cruel in our school systems. I didn’t entirely understand why the troublemakers were my favorite students until I…

On the blog: A cat slice about our new cat, Oliver In reading: Hard not to have a serious reading hangover after finishing Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel, Spinning Silver. Incredible world-building and such rich character creation. Her characters are not always entirely likeable, yet I can’t help rooting for them. Structurally, this one is quite interesting, as…